Third Meeting of Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (COCPC) for the Cotton Season 2023-24 held

2024-06-24 Information

Mumbai, 24 June 2024

The Third Meeting of Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (COCPC) for the Cotton Season 2023-24 was held today, i.e., on 24.06.2024 under the Chairpersonship of the Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India Smt. Roop Rashi. Representatives from Central Govt., State Govt., Textile Industry, Cotton Trade and Ginning & Pressing Sector attended the meeting. The Cotton scenario was deliberated covering State-wise Area, Production, Import, Export and Consumption of Cotton.

Addressing a post-meeting press conference, Textile Commissioner Smt. Roop Rashi said industry would be having enough raw material availability. She also informed that cotton consumption has increased and this year second highest consumption out of last ten years has been marked. Textile Commissioner further stated, “Industry is on a good path and we look forward to better consumption statistics”. The Chairman-cum-Managing Director, the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) Ltd., Shri Lalit Kumar Gupta informed that, to have transparency and better cotton, each and every bale is now under QR code traceability with information of village of procurement, factory where processed and date of selling.

The State-Wise Area, Cotton Production and the Balance Sheet drawn by the Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption for the Cotton Season 2022-23 and 2023-24 was arrived at as below:

Cotton Balance Sheet for the cotton season 2022-23 and 2023-24 as drawn by COCPC as on 24.06.2024

Particulars

2022-23

2023-24 (P)

(In lakh bales of 170 kg. Each)

(in Thousand Tons)

(In lakh bales of 170 kg. Each)

(in Thousand Tons)

SUPPLY

Opening Stock

39.48

671.16

61.16

1039.72

Crop

336.60

5722.20

325.22

5528.74

Import

14.60

248.20

12.00

204.00

TOTAL SUPPLY

390.68

6641.56

398.38

6772.46

DEMAND

Non-MSME Consumption

197.80

3362.60

204.00

3468.00

MSME Consumption

99.83

1697.11

103.00

1751.00

Non Textile Consumption

16.00

272.00

16.00

272.00

Export

15.89

270.13

28.00

476.00

TOTAL DEMAND

329.52

5601.84

351.00

5967.00

Closing Stock.

61.16

1039.72

47.38

805.46

P-Provisional

AREA AND PRODUCTION ESTIMATED BY THE COMMITTEE ON COTTON PRODUCTION ON CONSUMPTION ON 24.06.2024

COTTON SEASON 2022-23 AND 2023-24

Area: in Lakh Hectares
Production: in Lakh bales of 170 kg.
Yield: Kg per hectare

State

Area

Production*

Yield

2022-23

2023-24 (P)

2022-23

2023-24 (P)

2022-23

2023-24 (P)

Punjab

2.49

2.14

4.44

6.29

303.13

499.67

Haryana

5.75

5.78

10.01

15.09

295.95

443.82

Rajasthan

8.15

10.04

27.74

26.22

578.63

443.96

Total North Zone

16.39

17.96

42.19

47.60

437.60

450.56

Gujarat

24.84

26.83

87.95

90.60

601.91

574.06

Maharashtra

41.82

42.34

83.16

80.45

338.05

323.02

Madhya Pradesh

5.95

6.30

14.33

18.01

409.43

485.98

Total Central Zone

72.61

75.47

185.44

189.06

434.17

425.87

Telangana

19.73

18.18

57.45

50.80

495.01

475.03

Andhra Pradesh

7.04

4.22

15.41

7.25

372.12

292.06

Karnataka

9.49

7.39

25.68

20.47

460.02

470.89

Tamil Nadu

1.73

1.30

3.19

2.78

313.47

363.54

Total South Zone

37.99

31.09

101.73

81.30

455.23

444.55

Odisha

2.16

7.05

554.86

Others

0.12

0.19

0.21

269.17

297.50

All-India

129.27

126.80

336.60

325.22

442.65

436.02

P= Provisional
* – Including state-wise loose cotton production

In Photo: Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India Smt. Roop Rashi and CMD, Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. Shri Lalit Kumar Gupta